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Colonialism Rationalism Romanticism Realism Modernism

Romanticism

3 events helped change the way of thinking from a rational perspective (thinking) to a romantic perspective (feeling)

Three Important National Events: 1. Louisiana Purchase Doubled the nation’s size; growth of national pride

2. Lewis and Clark Expedition – 1 st American overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back Three Important National Events:

3. War of 1812 –US vs. Britain –ended w/peace treaty –united the population

Rationalism vs. Romanticism Beliefs of Rationalism Beliefs of Romanticism 1.Reason 2.Science 3.Order/structure 1.Emotion (because of national pride) 2.Nature (because of expansion) 3.Disorder of the imagination (because nature is unstructured)

Characteristics of Romanticism 1.Individualism 2.Imagination 3.Intuition 4.Inspiration (from Nature) 5.Idealism

Individualism  Women’s Rights and Abolitionist movements were also becoming strong

Imagination –Reaction against the earlier age’s emphasis on Reason –Supernatural themes

 Romantics placed value on “intuition,” or feeling and instincts, over reason. Intuition  Emotions were important in all Romantic art.

Inspiration from NATURE –R–Romantics looked to nature for comfort, solace, inspiration & spiritual guidance –T–They believed God was present in Nature

Idealism  Idealism is the concept that we can make the world a better place.  Romantics believed inspiration was more important than technical mastery.

Famous American Romantics: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls,” “A Psalm of Life” Edgar Allen Poe “The Raven,” “The Tell-Tale Heart” Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter “The Minister’s Black Veil” Herman Melville Moby Dick Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass, “Song of Myself” Emily Dickinson

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What three key historical events influenced the Romantics?

Name TWO ways Romanticism differed from Rationalism.

What are the 5 “I”s of Romanticism?

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